Post-breakup tectonics in southeast Brazil from thermochronological data and combined inverse-forward thermal history modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Cogné, Nathan ^a,b   Gallagher, Kerry ^a   Cobbold, Peter R ^a   Riccomini, Claudio ^c   Gautheron, Cecile ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COMPRESSION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COOLING; CRETACEOUS; FISSION TRACK DATING; RELIEF; RIFTING; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY; UPLIFT;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; TAUBATE BASIN;

EID: 84870539022     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JB009340     Document Type: Article

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